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yellow cake

British  

noun

  1. informal semirefined uranium ore

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“Beautiful women unsettle and disrupt. This isn’t yellow cake uranium.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024

I knew this was going to take a lot of practice, and I needed to make sure I used a yellow cake recipe that would be sure to wow my family.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2022

On a sunny fall afternoon, I presented a birthday cake made with yellow cake mix and homemade frosting.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2022

"On every birthday growing up, my parents would put the candles in the chocolate-covered yellow cake doughnuts for my brother and I," she said.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2022

I watched Amaka and Aunty Ifeoma cut up the moist yellow cake and did the same.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie